United States Tenth Circuit

An order, requiring that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepare an environmental impact statement and issue a critical habitat designation for an endangered fish within 120 days, was proper where the designation will significantly affect the human environment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/21/2002
• Published 06/21/2002

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, McKAY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maria O'Brien of Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Albuquerque, NM, filed an Amicus Curiae brief for Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles T. DuMars of Law & Resource Planning Associates, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, (Christina Bruff DuMars of Law & Resource Planning Associates, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District;  Jerry A. Armijo, of the Law Offices of Jerry A. Armijo, Socorro, NM, for Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee City of Socorro;  Lee E. Peters of Hubert & Hernandez, P.A., Las Cruces, NM, for Intervenor New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, with him on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee City of Socorro, and Intervenor New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau., Karen L. Fisher, Special Assistant Attorney General, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, (John Stroud, Special Assistant Attorney General, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, for Plaintiffs-Appellees The State of New Mexico ex rel. The Office of the State Engineer and the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission;  Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General and Stephen R. Farris, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee The New Mexico Attorney General, with her on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees The State of New Mexico, ex rel. The Office of the State Engineer, The New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and the New Mexico Attorney General., Matt Kenna of Kenna & Hickcox, P.C., Durango, CO, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Forest Guardians, Defenders of Wildlife, and Southwest Environmental Center., Susan Pacholski, Attorney, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., (John C. Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C.;  Ellen J. Durkee and Andrew A. Smith, Attorneys, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., with her on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellants.